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<h2>\cite</h2>


<p><tt>\cite[text]{key_list}</tt></p>


<p>The <tt>key_list</tt> argument is a list of citation keys.

    This command generates an in-text citation to the references

    associated with the keys in <tt>key_list</tt> by entries on the

    aux file read by the

    <tt><a href="ltx-169.html">\begin{document}</a></tt> command.</p>


<p><tt><a href="ltx-205.html">\bibitem</a></tt> and

    <tt>\cite</tt> are used together much as

    <tt><a href="ltx-252.html">\label</a></tt> and

    <tt><a href="ltx-303.html">\ref</a></tt> to produce a

    correspondence between items in the Reference or Bibliography

    (<tt><a href="ltx-73.html">thebibliography</a>/tt>< environment).</p>


<p>The <tt>\cite</tt> command is <a href="fragile.html">fragile</a>.</p>


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    See also <a href="ltx-27.html">Environments</a>,

    <a href="ltx-13.html">Cross References</a><br>

    See also <tt><a href="ltx-73.html">thebibliography</a></tt>,

    <tt><a href="ltx-205.html">\bibitem</a></tt><br>

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